[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 774]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for yesterday's 
vote to confirm the nomination of John Michael Vazquez of New Jersey to 
be U.S. district judge for the District of New Jersey. I would have 
voted yea.
  Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for today's votes on Senator 
Markey's amendment, No. 2982, and Senator Crapo's amendment, No. 3021, 
to the Energy Policy Modernization Act, S. 2012. I would have voted yea 
on both of these amendments.

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